Gabriel Brindusescu
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Personal motto:
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Later, his dad taught him how to drive on a field and from that point he started driving everything that had 4 wheels and an engine, including a van, a truck and a tractor. He usually annoys his friends by taking the keys and driving their cars when they have to go somewhere.
When it comes to car preferences, he will tell you that classic cars are the best, especially old American muscle. There are few modern day cars that get him really excited, and don’t ever dare to ask him about hybrids or EVs if you don’t want to see him
Toyota Teasing Game Changing RND Concept: OMG!
21 Jan 2015, 13:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / OK, this is really big if we are to believe what Toyota just said about unveiling a car that could possibly change the way auto industry looks. It will happen very soon and contrary to what everyone believes, it won’t happen at an auto show. ...
Scion Unleashes the Double Trouble tC Release Series 9.0
21 Jan 2015, 10:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Do you know what you can get until the new Scion iM and the mysterious sedan enter the market? Limited editions, that’s the only new things you can get out of the youth-oriented Toyota brand. And the Scion tC Release Series 9.0 is the latest ...
Toyota Recounts 2014 Sales Volume, Beats Volkswagen After All
21 Jan 2015, 10:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Earlier this month Volkswagen Group counted how many vehicles it sold and said their 10.14 million units are more than what Toyota sold last year, crowning themselves as top automaker for 2014. Well, they spoke too soon because they didn’t to...
Lexus NX Turbo Launching in the UK With AWD and F Sport Only
20 Jan 2015, 12:42 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Following the earlier introduction of the Lexus NX 300h on the UK market here comes its sportier turbocharged version using the automaker’s all-new 2-liter unit. Order books are open and you can have one for £38,095 on the road. For ...
Here’s a 40-Minute 2015 Lexus NX F Sport Review and In Depth Tour
20 Jan 2015, 10:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Who has enough time to talk you through each feature of a car while demonstrating its functioning through first person view video? That’ll be Saabkyle04 on YouTube. He’s back now with a full review of the 2015 Lexus NX F Sport. And w...
Hybrid Pickup Trucks Rolling off VIA Motors’ Assembly Line
20 Jan 2015, 10:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Americans love big trucks, but sometimes these aren’t used properly to haul stuff, turning them into oversized passenger cars burning through gallons of fuel like thermite through a sheet of steel. Don’t worry though, VIA Motors already...
Man Keeps Filming a Semi Truck About to Crash into Him Like Nothing Happens
20 Jan 2015, 09:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Think fast! You’re on an icy highway and some people just crashed ahead. You managed to stop and want to take a picture of the scene of the accident (although that’t not quite the reaction someone should have in such a situation) and th...
Flying Chevy Chevelle SS Has a “Wheelie Pump”
19 Jan 2015, 10:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When your drag car lifts its nose each time you launch off the line and stays that way while the rear scrapes the asphalt sending sparks everywhere it’s time to mount a wheelie bar. Unless you got a “wheelie pump” which could take...
Forget SpaceX, China Wants To Mine the Frigging Moon
19 Jan 2015, 10:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You must be well acquainted with Elon Musk’s SpaceX program that should reduce space traveling costs and put people on Mars. Well, China is here to blow your mind with yet another crazy idea - mine our natural satellite. Why the hell would...
Scion iQ Confirmed to Exit Production
19 Jan 2015, 09:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Guess Toyota didn’t learn enough from when it first brought its Toyopet in America - the clients here don’t really care about small cars that can’t keep the pace on the highway with everything else despite good fuel consumption an...
UBER App Just Gave Birth To a New Type of Pranks
16 Jan 2015, 16:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’re calling for a cab you simply can’t miss it unless you’re blind or born yesterday - it's yellow, checkered and has numbers on it. However, hailing an UBER car using the app can be misleading some times and that&rsquo...
Bet You Forgot About the Fierce Lucra Supercar · Video
16 Jan 2015, 15:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / About three years ago we showed you some renderings with Lucra Cars’ next model, the LC470. Well, that is alive and it actually reached the 2015 model year. The guys over from Barcroft Cars recently met with the company's boss and the vi...
Lexus CT Gets Advance Plus Grade in the UK
16 Jan 2015, 14:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Few of you American readers know the Lexus CT 200h comes in no less than 6 grades in the UK. Oh, make that seven now with the introduction of the Advance Plus flavor. Man, marketing is a strange thing... Yep, Lexus UK just added some extra stuff...
Next Generation Lexus RX Coming at 2015 New York Auto Show
16 Jan 2015, 13:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Remember when Lexus vice president Jeff Bracken said last year they could bring two new cars at the Detroit Auto Show? We all thought it will be the GS F and the all-new RX, but it turned out the latter wasn’t ready and to keep the promise th...
Lotus Introducing Racing Grade Elise S Cup
16 Jan 2015, 10:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Looking for an affordable extremely fun to drive car with strong racing roots? Look no further than Lotus’ dealerships soon as the automaker is introducing the Elise S Cup model in its lineup. Following its extensive testing, the Elise S m...
Toyota Mirai Exceeds Expectations with 1,500 Orders In Japan Already
16 Jan 2015, 10:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The hydrogen fuel cell pioneering has already begun in Japan and, contrary to Toyota’s believes, the Mirai managed to receive an exceptional 1,500 orders in the first month of sale there. Toyota Motor Corporation was first expecting to sel...
Elio Motors Unveiling New 3-Cylinder Engine Prototype in February
16 Jan 2015, 10:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Finally, we have some news from Elio Motors, the startup company that promised to build an affordable 84 mpg three-wheeler commuter. They just announced to unveil their new engine prototype next month, simply because they couldn’t find one on...
Toyota Prius V Gets Airbag Recall
16 Jan 2015, 09:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Nope, the Takata airbag recalls are not to blame here. It’s simply Toyota’s fault for not correctly installing a part of the passenger airbag system on some of its Prius v models. The automaker is recalling around 5,000 Prius v hybri...
Hovercraft Built from Styrofoam Tray is Cool for When the Internet is Down
15 Jan 2015, 16:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Here’s a nice little project you can do to pass time or entertain your children in one of those days the Internet is down. Build a styrofoam hovercraft out of one of those takeaway trays. All you need is a styrofoam tray from the chipshop,...
Banana Yellow Ferrari F430 Totaled in China
15 Jan 2015, 16:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’re gonna be dumb you better be tough, or at least that’s what they say. Crashing a Ferrari F430 because of reckless driving and living to tell the story does fit in the category and is a real case which happened not long ago in C...